Toy spinning-top



J. POPPER.

TOY SPINNING TOP.

APPLICATION FILED 001.19, 1920.

Patented Dec. 27 1921.

lllllllll INVEIVTOR Jseph Popper. BY

WITNESSES A NORA/E78 of ornamentation from that shown siren reins.

JOSEPH POPPER, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR, BY manor AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, 0r ONE-HALF T0 BAIRD-IDANIELS 00., me, or nnw YORK, N. Y.,A conrona'rron or NEW YORK, AND ONE-HALF 'ro RUBY H. ro-rrna,

0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Application filed October 19, 1920. Serial No. 417.955.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, Josnrn; Porrnn, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved ToySpinning-Top, of which the following.

is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to toys and particularly to an improved spinningtop and has for an object to provide an improved construction in which atop body is providedand associated with means indicating a ballstructure in action with an ornamentation therein. f 7

Another object of the invention is to provide a spinning top in whichremovable ornamentations or characters may be provided and cause to movein a certain proportion to the movement of the top.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a toy spinning topin which a handle is provided and a removable figure, the parts being soarranged that when the top is in action, the handle will appearsubstantially as a transparent ball'and the figure will appear to move.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the topdisclosing an embodiment of the 1nvention. I v

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of an ornamentation embodying certain features ofthe inven tion.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a difierent form in Fig. 3.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals 1 indicates a top bodywhich is preferably made from sheet metal and painted or otherwiseornamented to give a pleasing appearance. Preferably, the body 1 is notperfectly circular but is divided into sections 2 and 3 which producepleasing effects when the body is properly ornamented. These sectionsare in the form of reflectors and each section may have its surfaceformed as a polygon in order to produce better reflecting action. A tube4. is rigidly secured to the center of the body 1 by solder or any othersuitable means, which Specification of Letters Patent.

TOY srrnnnve-ror.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

center is reinforced by plates 5 and 6. The tube 4 extends preferably anappreciable distance beyond the body 1 and is provided wlth a shaft 12lo'oselyfitting therein, said shaft having a pointed end9 adapted torest on the support when the top is in use and a turn-over end 15 forclamping the washer 8 1n place. The shaft 12 is provided with a shoulderfor receiving the handle 13 and said handle is held in place by thewasher 8 as illustrated in Fig. 2 whereby the parts" act as an integralconstruction. In addition the shaft 12 is provided with a bore adjacentthe end carrying the washer 8 for receiving the shaft 16. It will benoted thatthe handle 13 is a looped piece of sheet metal and is providedwith an aperture at the opposite slde to where it is connected withtheshaft- 12 so that the shaft 16 may be easily insertedand removed atany time. This shaft or standard 16 carries a plate 17 which may have asingle flag 18 arranged thereon, adouble flag 19 or figures 20' and 21.It will be noted that figure 20 shows a horse in one position whenrunning and figure 21 shows the same horse in a different position. The

shaft or standard '16 is merely held in place.

by friction and is, consequently, moved with handle '13 to a certainextent. I-Iowever,'the

plate 17 striking the air will naturally retard the rotation ofthe'shaft 16, and, consequently, the handle 13 will rotate much fasterthan the plate 17 but said plate will rotate sufiiciently fast to givethe appearance of figures 20. and 21 that of the moving or runninghorse. o Other animals could be substituted without departing from thespirit of the invention. Also, it will be evident that other forms ofornamentation or movin figures could be provided on the plate 1 orconnected with shaft 18. 7

In operation when the parts are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 andit is desired to spin the top, a suitable cord is wound around the'tube4: and the point!) placed on.

the shaft 16 to rotate, though at a much slower speed. This will givethe desired appearance of movement of the horse or other object on plate17. Preferably the handle 13 is made from some bright metal and whenrotating at approximate the speed of the body 1 it will give somewhatthe appearance of a transparent ball which adds to the effect of thefigure on plate 17 as it causes said figure to appear to be running in aball.

What I claim is 1. A toy spinning top comprising a body,

' a hollow support connected with said body provided with a supportingpoint, a handle provided with an extension engaging said support, saidhandle having an aperture adsupport and be rotated thereby through theaction of friction, said handle being formed as a loop with an openingat the top and an opening at the bottom, a shaft loosely mounted in saidopenings, a plate rigidly secured to said shaft, said plate being provided with the figure of an animal on each side, said figures being indifferent positions so that as the plate is rotated with said shaft theanimal will appear to be moving.

3. A toy spinning top comprising a substantially disk-shaped body, atube eX- tending from the center of said body and rigidly secured to thebody, a pin loosely mounted in said tube and projecting therefrom ateach end, a handle formed as a loop rigidly secured to said pin at oneend thereof, said pin being formed with a longitudinal bore at the endto which the handle is secured, an ornamented plate having a journal pinloosely supported in said bore and rotated by the friction between thesaid journal pin and the first mentioned pin.

4. A toy spinning top comprising a body, a tube extending through thecenter of the body and projecting on both sides thereof, a pin looselymounted in said tube and projecting therefrom at each end, said pinhaving a bore in one end, a looped handle rigidly seoured to said pin atthe end carrying said bore and a plate having a journal pin looselymounted in said bore, said plate having representations of objects onopposite faces in different positions, said positions being arranged sothat as the plate rotates the objects will simulate movement.

5. In a toy spinning top a body, means loosely carried by said bodyincluding a looped handle and a pin, said looped handle having anaperture and said pin having a bore opposite said aperture, a pinloosely mounted in said aperture and in said bore and a plate ornamentedon both sides rigidly secured to said pin, said ornamentationconsistingof representations of objects in different positions, saidpositions being arranged so that as the plate rotates with the pin theobjects will simulate movement.

JOSEPH POPPER.

